Ontologies, Taxonomies and Thesauri in Systems Science and Systematics

<p>Dedication</p> <p>List of figures</p> <p>Foreword</p> <p>Preface</p> <p>Prologue</p> <p>About the author</p> <p>Chapter 1: From classifications to ontologies</p> <p>Knowledge</p> <p>A new concept of knowledge</p> <p>Knowledge and information</p> <p>Knowledge organisation</p> <p>Knowledge organisation and representation</p> <p>Cognitive sciences</p> <p>Talent management</p> <p>Learning systematisation</p> <p>Historical evolution</p> <p>From classification to knowledge organisation</p> <p>Why ontologies exist</p> <p>Ontologies</p> <p>The structure of ontologies</p> <p>Summary</p> <p>Topics for discussion</p> <p>Chapter 2: Taxonomies and thesauri</p> <p>From ordering to taxonomy</p> <p>The origins of taxonomy</p> <p>Hierarchical and horizontal order</p> <p>Correlation with classifications</p> <p>Taxonomy in computer science</p> <p>Computing taxonomy</p> <p>Definitions</p> <p>Virtual taxonomy, cybernetic taxonomy</p> <p>Taxonomy in Information Science</p> <p>Similarities between taxonomies and thesauri</p> <p>Differences between taxonomies and thesauri</p> <p>Topics for discussion</p> <p>Chapter 3: Thesauri</p> <p>Terminology in classification systems</p> <p>Terminological languages</p> <p>Thesauri</p> <p>Thesauri definitions</p> <p>Conditions that a thesaurus must fulfil</p> <p>Historical evolution</p> <p>Classes of thesauri</p> <p>Topics for discussion</p> <p>Chapter 4: Thesauri in (cladist) systematics</p> <p>Systematics</p> <p>Systematics as a noun</p> <p>Definitions and historic evolution over time</p> <p>Differences between taxonomy and systematics</p> <p>Systematics in thesaurus construction theory</p> <p>Classic, numerical and cladist systematics</p> <p>Classic systematics in information science</p> <p>Nuniversal hierarchical classifications</p> <p>Numerical systematics in information science</p> <p>Thesauri in cladist systematics</p> <p>Systematics in information technology</p> <p>Some examples</p> <p>Topics for discussion</p> <p>Chapter 5: Thesauri in systems theory</p> <p>Historical evolution</p> <p>Approach to systems</p> <p>Systems theory applied to the construction of thesauri</p> <p>Components</p> <p>Classes of system</p> <p>Peculiarities of these systems</p> <p>Working methods</p> <p>Systems theory applied to ontologies and taxonomies</p> <p>Topics for discussion</p> <p>Author index</p> <p>Subject index</p>